--- title: Nexus of Notions description: User Illusion is SW Hammond’s long-running digital escape — essays, short stories, cultural criticism, memes, and memory fractals exploring the human hustle, the stories we tell ourselves, and the gap between appearance and what’s actually there. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles?start=72 language: en-GB date: 2025-10-17T03:02:49Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles?start=72. markdown-tokens: 1823 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles?start=72. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ## Producing Intelligence The human who sits with intelligence until it remembers what it was born to become. Writings on AI, philosophy, and the art of producing meaning in a synthetic age. [ Follow SWH on ](https://www.x.com/swhammond) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-02.svg) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-01.svg) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-03.svg) # Articles - [ Artificial Intelligence ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/44-artificial-intelligence) - [ Philosophy & Ethics ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/16-philosophy) - [ Pop Culture ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/43-pop-culture) - [ Society & Politics ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/14-culture) [ ![Equality In Fiction](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/blog/EqualityInFiction.jpg) 03 February 2015 ## Equality In Fiction I attended a panel at Salt Lake Comic Con’s FanX15 that stuck with me and spurred a bit of deeper thought and reflection- Equality In Fiction. First off, props on that- I love when something inspires and pushes boundaries- socially, politically or personally. I love a variety of experience and perspective, I believe that leads to greater understanding of “us” and attributes meaning that allows for empathy. Natalie Whipple, Cindy Grigg, Aaron Lee Yeager, and Mette Ivie… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/14-culture/107-equality-in-fiction) [ ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/blog/AllIWantIsHonesty.jpg) 28 January 2015 ## All I Want Is Honesty I was going to write Bill O’Reilly this evening and ask him why with the civil unrest in Yemen, Americans dying in a terrorist hotel attack in Libya, maybe a brief word on the genocide in Africa, and an all-female Ghostbusters cast being announced today he decided to spend the majority of his show speculating on which Republicans may choose to enter the Presidential race in 2016- without mentioning a single word about a possible Independent or Democratic candidate, besides Hillary Clinton, who… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/14-culture/106-all-i-want-is-honesty) [ ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/blog/Net_Neutrality_Bennet.png) 19 February 2014 ## Net Neutrality - Senator Mark Udall Responds U. S. Senator Mark Udall responds to my letter urging him to support Net Neutrality and help the FCC in reversing recent legislation: "February 18, 2014 Dear Sean, Thank you for contacting me regarding issues relating to "net neutrality." I appreciate that you took the time to share your specific views on this issue. ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/14-culture/105-net-neutrality-senator-mark-udall-responds) [ ![Net Neutrality: Verdict Net Neutrality IS DEAD](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/blog/net-neutrality.jpg) 15 January 2014 ## Net Neutrality - Speak Up Now! Recent legislation is changing the Internet in a way that you won't be happy with. Limited freedom of speech, limited access to pages you may want to visit, slower speeds, and a substantial price increase. Lobbyist representing large Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T have stifled a bill that would keep the internet open, free, and equal to all users (as we know it today). As of 1/14/2014, ISP's no longer have to provide full and equal access all websites… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/14-culture/104-net-neutrality-speak-up-now) [ ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/blog/AilingAmerica.jpg) 12 September 2013 ## Ailing America: Good Talk, See You Out There! Our society in America is ailing right now- education is terrible, parenting is nonexistent, and there is weak leadership at all levels (community / church, local government, and federal government). Bureaucracy is rampant stifling any creative change or preventing would-be leaders from actually accomplishing anything. Our business leaders and financial institutions are looked upon as crooks and the masses have lost faith in them. There's very little personal, corporate, and government resp… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/articles/14-culture/103-ailing-america-good-talk-see-you-out-there) [ ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/blog/going_the_distance.jpg) 21 November 2011 ## 'Going The Distance' Going The Distance is why I love movies so much. Every once in a while one comes along that fills a punch line. Something resonates. Of course Justin Long’s character hits far too close to home with working at a label and pushing bands you don’t care about and ultimately taking that leap of faith and managing bands that truly move you. 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